00:00Hi, my name is Dr. Isfahan Chambers-Harris, and I am the creator and founder of Elodia.
00:05Elodia is a science-based, healthy hair and scalp care product brand that primarily focuses
00:11on textured hair type.
00:13Being a Black woman business owner, there's a lot of challenges that comes with that.
00:18Having this opportunity to win the award and having the mentorship behind it really played
00:23an integral part in just helping us with different opportunities that we were able to take advantage
00:29of that we wouldn't have known about if it wasn't for that mentorship and that network.
00:34Thank you guys so much.
00:36This is life-changing for our business.
00:38I said I wasn't going to cry.
00:40Winning the 100K has been life-changing for our brand.
00:44We have been able to grow at a rapid pace.
00:47Last year was our biggest year in revenue, where we doubled our revenue from the previous
00:52year.
00:53Thank you so much, Aveeno, for this opportunity to participate in the Accelerator.
00:57And thank you, Essence, for bringing us together.
01:01Hi, my name is Arion.
01:02I am the CEO and founder of Look Good, Live Well, a high-performing, clean, clinical-grade
01:07skincare line that is formulated specifically for melanin-rich individuals who are done dealing
01:13with dark spots.
01:14We use a really unique adaptogenic formulation that helps address your most pressing skincare
01:20concerns.
01:20We believe in body and skin positivity, so we celebrate skin in all of its various states
01:25of healing, even the occasional breakout.
01:28There was another business specifically that we did see great potential in, and that business
01:34is Aerie Turner and Look Good, Live Well.
01:38During the pitch, they asked, like, what are you going to do with the money?
01:41And I was very intentional about supporting the ecosystem of Black women.
01:45Funding definitely gave me room to work with the excellent team to drive home that mission
01:51and to create some really striking and stunning visuals.
01:54The money gave me ease, and it allowed me to buy back my time.
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